Read more US Soccer stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15182/us-soccer.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:03:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71654/us-soccer-star-hospitalized-in-fatal-car-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharlie Davies, a starting forward on the US national soccer team, broke several bones and sustained a lacerated bladder in a car crash yesterday that killed another passenger. The driver, who was not identified, swerved into a guardrail outside of Washington, leaving the car "pretty much split in half," according...http://www.newser.com/story/71654/us-soccer-star-hospitalized-in-fatal-car-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 0:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65577/us-finally-buying-soccers-pitch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter years of intermittent sniffling, Americans may finally be catching soccer fever, the Wall Street Journal reports: Some 4 million watched the US men’s team almost beat Brazil last month; some 2 million are likely to attend games featuring top European teams this summer; Seattle’s Major League Soccer team pulls...http://www.newser.com/story/65577/us-finally-buying-soccers-pitch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 11:58:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63944/lula-to-obama-how-bout-that-soccer-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama endured a bit of good-natured ribbing at the G8 today from Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, who raved about his country's come-from-behind victory over the US in the finals of soccer's Confederation Cup. The Brazilian leader gave Obama a signed jersey and used his catchphrase, "Yes,...http://www.newser.com/story/63944/lula-to-obama-how-bout-that-soccer-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 7:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63251/chastain-gets-her-bra-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sports bra Brandi Chastain was wearing when she shredded her shirt after making a game-winning penalty kick in the 1999 World Cup has been returned to her, USA Today reports. Like much other memorabilia at New York City’s short-lived Sports Museum of America, it was taken by a US...http://www.newser.com/story/63251/chastain-gets-her-bra-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 3:56:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62764/stunning-us-soccer-upset-matches-miracle-on-ice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast night's stunning soccer victory over Spain by the US team ranks up there with 1980's "Miracle on Ice" Olympic defeat of the Russians as one of the greatest upsets ever pulled off by Americans, George Vecsey writes in the New York Times . The Confederations Cup victory over the world's...http://www.newser.com/story/62764/stunning-us-soccer-upset-matches-miracle-on-ice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 1:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62748/soccer-stunner-us-tops-no-1-spain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an upset of enormous proportions in the soccer world, the US knocked off mighty Spain today to reach the finals of the Confederations Cup, reports the BBC. Top-ranked Spain hadn’t lost a game since November 2006, the AP adds. The 2-0 victory moves the US men’s team into its...http://www.newser.com/story/62748/soccer-stunner-us-tops-no-1-spain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 16:11:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62496/obama-may-attend-2010-world-cup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe world's soccer body has invited Barack Obama to next year's World Cup in South Africa, reports the AP, the first time the tournament will be held on the continent. "Obama has said, 'If I can, I will come,'" says FIFA chief Sepp Blatter. The United States team barreled...http://www.newser.com/story/62496/obama-may-attend-2010-world-cup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/9726/us-soccer-beats-switzerland1-0.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe United States soccer team had never defeated Switzerland in their previous six meetings, but the seventh proved lucky as they emerged victorious In Basel 1-0. The visiting Americans scored in the 86th minute when a confused Swiss defense left midfielder Michael Bradley unmarked, allowing him to find the net,...http://www.newser.com/story/9726/us-soccer-beats-switzerland1-0.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Oct 2007 23:43:02 CDT